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Police, Nov. 21

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Hazleton police reported the following. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 570-459-4940 or call 911:

n A blue 1999 Yamaha Banshee all terrain vehicle was reported stolen from a garage at 29 N. Poplar St., Tuesday at about 5 p.m., after the garage was broken into.

n A Dell computer monitor and router were reported stolen from a home in the area of Eighth and Locust streets Tuesday at about 5:42 p.m., during a burglary. The homeowner said she returned to her home and heard one or more people fleeing through the front door.

n Two gutters and a watch light were found damaged at Donna Marie's Hair World, in the 800 block of West Second Street. The damage happened between sometime Saturday and 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Man arrested for retail theft

Kenny Reichart, 58, was arrested for retail theft and criminal trespass after Hazleton police responded to a theft Wednesday at about 9:22 a.m.

Police said Reichart is accused of taking merchandise from Save-A-Lot, 530 W. Broad St.

Wright Twp. store cited by liquor control

Mountain Top Six Packs To Go LLC 195 S. Mountain Blvd., Wright Township, was cited for selling alcohol Sept. 5, after their restaurant liquor license expired on Aug. 31 and was not renewed, according to the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. The charge will be brought before an administrative law judge.

Man arrested for burglary, trespass

Rush Township police arrested a Tamaqua man after investigating a burglary on Ye Old Hauto Road on Tuesday.

Police said they received a call that a male approached a home asking if anyone saw a dog. Police said it didn't seem like the man was looking for a lost dog. Rush Township police, assisted by Tamaqua police in searching for the suspect, later found him and stopped him for questioning on Claremont Avenue. As the defendant was talking to the police he threw jewelry and old coins on the ground, police said. He also had other pieces of jewelry on him and admitted to burglarizing a residence Tuesday and another residence on Ye Old Hauto Road in late October.

Teen charged with possession

An 18-year-old Sugarloaf man faces criminal charges after township police said they found him and a minor with marijuana in a vehicle Aug. 3 at about 1:14 a.m., while on routine patrol.

Paul C. Malone was charged with corruption of minors, possession of a controlled substance and use or possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a court docket filed against him Nov. 5. Malone awaits a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Daniel O'Donnell, Sugarloaf.

Arrest papers state Sugarloaf Township police spotted a vehicle on Keller's Road and found Malone and the minor inside, along with an odor of marijuana. Police wrote that as Malone, the driver, rolled his window down, smoke emitted from inside the vehicle and both males appeared to be under the influence. Court papers state a small plastic package on the center console with suspected marijuana was found in the vehicle and Malone had a glass pipe that was still smoking with un-burnt marijuana. The juvenile, arrest papers state, had a mason jar with marijuana inside, two plastic bags with marijuana and several small plastic bags used for packaging narcotics.

A Mahanoy City man faces charges after allegedly firing paintballs at a passing train, hitting the engine, passenger car and a passenger with paint.

Over 100 passengers were on the train when Donald Loughlin, 25, allegedly fired the shots, court papers state. He was charged with recklessly endangering another person, damage to railroad property, conspiracy to intentionally deface property with a paintball gun and disorderly conduct by Reading and Northern Railroad police. Charges were filed Oct. 31.

Arrest papers state the incident happened Oct. 12 in Rush Township, between the Hometown High bridge and state Route 309 and many train passengers saw people in camouflage with paintball gear standing in the woods at the time the shots were fired. Many of the passenger train windows were open, allowing some paintballs to come through them, police wrote.

Railroad police arrived in the area after receiving the report and spotted about eight people matching the witness descriptions, drinking alcohol, court papers state.

Loughlin told police he was the person that hit the train as it drove by, according to arrest papers. The railroad company is seeking $60 in restitution for cleanup of the paintball damages.

Man faces three drug offenses

Kenneth L. Dodson, 34, West Berlin, N.J., was charged with three drug offenses including possession of a controlled substance and misbranding a controlled substance by Tamaqua police. âHe was arraigned Nov. 14 by Magisterial District Judge Stephen J. Bayer, who set bail at 10 percent of $10,000. Arrest papers state Dodson was the passenger in a vehicle stopped for speeding at 1:19 p.m. on state Route 309 and was found with a small baggie of methamphetamine and a prescription bottle with a woman's name on it.

Man allegedly held knife to his grandmother

A 55-year-old Coaldale man was charged by state police at Frackville after allegedly holding a knife to his 86-year-old mother Nov. 4.

David J. Weaver was charged with aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, simple assault and harassment. He was arraigned Nov. 11 by Magisterial District Judge Stephen Bayer, who set bail at $10,000.

Arrest papers state Weaver attempted to stab his mom in the chest and although a knife made contact with her chest at a home on Sixth Street, around 5:30 p.m., she was uninjured. It's also alleged in court papers that Weaver restrained the woman from leaving the home for a brief period of time but she was able to flee to a neighbor's home after causing Weaver to drop the knife.

Arrest papers state, Moore is accused of punching two women outside the building and kicking one of the victims when she was unconscious on the ground.

White Haven man charged with theft of steaks

William M. Breitenbach, 57, White Haven, was charged by Kidder Township police with theft, receiving stolen property and criminal mischief after a June 27 case of Porterhouse steaks was reported stolen.

A 29-year-old Tresckow man faces multiple charges including driving under the influence after allegedly harassing a Banks Township woman and operating a bicycle intoxicated early in the morning Sept. 28.

Terry A. Gergar Jr. was charged with two counts of driving under the influence and one count each of loitering and prowling at night, harassment, public drunkenness and a traffic violation. He was also charged with three counts of disorderly conduct by state police at Hazleton. The charges were filed Oct. 23 and Gergar was notified of them via a summons he accepted Nov. 13, court papers state.

Arrest papers state troopers were dispatched to 14 E. Oak St., at about 2:54 a.m. after Gergar went to his ex-girlfriend's home and pounded loudly on the door yelling threats and obscenities towards her. While speaking with the victim, police wrote, Gergar rode a bicycle back to the home and when troopers tried to speak with him he used obscenities with them. He also attempted to walk around a trooper and into his home, which neighbors the victim's house, court papers state.

Gergar appeared intoxicated and a test revealed he had a 0.239 percent alcohol concentration of his breath, arrest papers state. Troopers said he also made threats to harm troopers and was combative on several occasions and had to be restrained.

He was also cited for disorderly conduct by troopers after a Nov. 2 offense in Banks Township, according to a court docket.

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